Shakespearean Tragedy Glossary

by A.C. Bradley

Shakespearean Tragedy Glossary

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Calamity

Blight, disaster

Dictum

Command, proclamation

Somnambulist

One who walks in sleep

Catastrophe

Mishap, tragedy

Exerting

Making use of, applying

Sparingly

Infrequent manner

Quelled

Stamped out, destroyed

Instantaneous

Prompt, abrupt

Hamartia

Fatal flaw of hero

Procrastination

Being late in an important task

Invocation

Conjuring up, calling on

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